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In Search of My Alter-ego
April 18, 2006
Pavan
Pavan
If you have some time to spare, please answer this short questionnaire:
- Does consuming cough syrup keep you awake while coffee puts you to sleep instantly?
- Do you feel like killing the fellow desi when you meet him/her on a street and your courteous smile or "hi" is reciprocated with a nod of the head, with the "theekh hai jaa, lekin apun yahan dada, kya?" attitude?
- Do you have a hard time remembering some stuff, like who cooked yesterday or what exactly were you working on three days back or if you went to the gym last week? Or if somebody suddenly asks what day it is? Do you sometimes also forget the name of some friend (yeah close ones with whom you aren't in contact with for the past four/six months) and then suddenly remember after two hours when that friend has beaten you till death. BUT you also remember some things which were said a bazillion years back by the SAME person, like a conversation where he was explaining his side of life, the photo of someone you liked, etc? Selective amnesia! So you have e-mail reminders sent to you for the most trivial tasks like classes/gym/cooking? Do you also.. arghh! forget it! I can't remember now.
- Do you have a strong feeling that you have sixth sense, but it has only worked six times so far? And you don't even see dead people?
- Do you "think" in more than one language?
- Do you appreciate PJs because somebody put in some real brain work to create/crack it (mind you, it has to suck real bad)?
- Do you start writing something and your digression ends up being longer than the intended post?
- Do you like extremes, like Austin Powers, S.A.W, and Incredibles?
- Did you ever dream of being a thug, a pilot, a businessman and a movie director, ALL at the same time?
- Do you have trouble differenciating between internet and real-life, reel-life and real-life? Do you still think that when you hit a person, it would be accompanied by the "dishum" sound?
- Do you quote excerpts from e-mail so that you dont forget to address or reply to all the points of the sender? Damnit! you see, I already covered this point in #3.
- Do you like feeding donuts to Orkut servers?
- Do you feel suicidal at the mere thought of Google's pages not working?
- Do you introduce yourself as the "not-so-dark, not-so-short, not-so-handsome guy next door about whom your mom was afraid to warn you"? And expect not to get kicked?
- Do you stop at odd numbers, because you are odd?
If you "happened" to have answered YES to all the above questions, I have at last found you, my alter-ego! Yes, we four had been searching for you right from the day we lost you while browsing the crowded Kumbh-mela.com. We four? Yeah, I, me, myself and Pavan. Please contact any one of us via this post. I shall reach you ASAP.
Me running towards the monitor in slow-motion, shouting: "My alter egoooooo" and I leave it up to you how you want to handle this situation.
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temporal
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April 18, 2006
11:19 AM
Pavan:
(ok so am bored;) -- India 136/5 (38.3 ov)--raina just bit the dust)
and i scored 8 nays 6 yays and one dunno?
does that qualify me for a mention in your biography?
Pavan
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April 18, 2006
02:17 PM
temporal, sure you were pretty close. But I have lost hopes on finding my alter-ego, because such a character would have been eliminated long ago.. :) and yeah this match is pretty bad!
K
April 18, 2006
07:05 PM
apart from #12 -pretty much
everybody's been there dude
Anil
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April 18, 2006
10:07 PM
1.I don't do drugs.
2.Yes
3. what was your question?
4. Yes I am delusional too.
5. In 6 of them.
6. Don't know but I laugh at Shekar Suman's so called jokes.
7.Always
8.Dude SAW was awesome.
9. I dreamed of being a politician who encompasses all the traits of a thug, business man and a movie director.
10. One of my best friends is some one I only know from their IM id.
11.
Yes.
12. One of my life's goals is to trash the Orkut servers with a baseball ba. Like in that movie Officespace
13. Not really. But I feel like homicidal.
14. Did you read my match.com profile?
15. Yes.
Pavan
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April 18, 2006
10:20 PM
[K] thanks, that brings hope for me.
[Anil]
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hee hee, that was a good reply. I think in 5 Indian langs + English. I have one last question to confirm that you are the one: what is the song that we are supposed to sing when we meet? :)
Anil
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April 19, 2006
09:15 AM
@pavan: i would go with "Yaadon Ki Baraat Nikjli Hai Aaj Dil Ke Dwaare, Dil Ke Dwaare"
gosami
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April 19, 2006
09:53 AM
And I was thinking about "Dil ki haalat kisko batayen; Hum bhi paagal, Tum bhi paagal"
Meera
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April 20, 2006
05:21 PM
Swami Pawananda,
It was a good one, but I think I would be far from filling this post. But yeah, You already have a candidate - "Anil"
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